A fake tree has been placed at Ogden Point to attract bald eagles and scare away gulls. Credit: Western Stevedoring
Cruise ship passengers will see something new when they pull into Ogden Point this season.
A faux tree made of steel has been placed on the roof of a warehouse at Ogden Point in hopes that bald eagles will build a nest there and scare away seagulls. The gulls, which can number in the hundreds, nest there every year and create a very sticky problem.
“There’s hundreds of chicks. There’s feathers, there’s loads of guano,” John Briant, general manager of Western Stevedoring, said. Western Stevedoring manages operations at Ogden Point.
“There’s dead chicks. There’s dead seagulls. It gets pretty gross on top of that roof by the end of the summer,” he added.
Bald eagles like to spend time at Ogden Point and roost on a high-mast light standard. Staff at Western Stevedoring hope by building a steel frame and sticking some branches on it, the eagles will move in and seagulls will move out.
The first cruise ship of the season is set to arrive on April 11.
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